Break out of the courtyard

"According to the new gun management regulations, although there is no problem with your family's formal examination, you and your two sisters are not old enough, your father's body does not meet the requirements, and your mother's job certainly does not allow you to apply for a gun license, so you have to Turn it in.”

Director Geng looked at Zhang Heping's expression, raised his tea cup and took a sip, savoring the taste of the tea, but he was thinking about the background of the Zhang family.

Yesterday, he received a security notice from above to eliminate all unstable factors in the area and welcome inspections from superiors.

For this reason, Director Geng thought of the information mentioned by a street kid in the Su Laoba case, that there were two guns in Courtyard No. 7.

Just when he was about to send someone to collect the gun, the people below reported that Director Qi of the Street Office was having a hot pot meal in No. 7 Courtyard.

After further questioning, Director Geng noticed something unusual through the changes in the door and wall of Courtyard No. 7, so he sent someone to investigate the residents of Courtyard No. 7...

Then, he found an excuse to go to the street to do something.

Director Geng originally wanted Director Qi to come forward to collect the gun in No. 7 Courtyard, but he did not expect that Director Qi, who usually likes to speak in an official tone, would take him directly to No. 7 Courtyard and diligently help the Zhang family explain the origin of various household items.

Zhang Heping, who was standing behind the chair, knew that this matter could not be avoided, but still wanted to struggle, frowning and said:

"There is a gun that belongs to my classmate. I need to tell him. In the afternoon, he and I will go to the institute to hand over the gun."

Director Geng did not speak, but looked at Director Qi, "Director Qi, could you please follow up on these two guns? We have a security meeting to hold in the afternoon."

Director Qi didn't expect that Director Geng came for Zhang Heping's rifle. If Zhang Heping's gun was taken away, what else would he be hunting?

However, when Director Geng mentioned the security meeting, Director Qi couldn't help but feel excited. Director Geng was going to be responsible for security. Did it mean that a big shot was coming to the Houhai area under his jurisdiction?

Thinking of the public toilets that were being renovated on a pilot basis, and the people Zhang Heping said had wandered over from the south, Director Qi immediately became excited and said confidently: "Don't worry, Director Geng!"

After seeing Director Geng off, Director Qi repeatedly confirmed with Zhang Heping that he would hand over the gun in the afternoon before returning to the street office.

Although Zhang Heping didn't realize that Director Geng's real reason for collecting the gun was for security, he had no intention of not handing it over. He just needed to use those two guns again to exert some residual heat.

As soon as the others left, Zhang Heping took the gun hidden inside from the back of the big wardrobe on the north wall next to the kang, and then hid most of the bullets in the short cabinet behind the back of the big wardrobe. Knowing how many bullets he has, it doesn't matter if he pays more or less.

Then, he dismantled the barrel of the rifle he just took out and put it into a sack along with the tactical vest, remaining bullets, and sack rope. Then he picked up the sack, took the dog Laifu, went to No. 95 Courtyard to get his bicycle, and killed Qianshan Village.

Hiding guns is not allowed at home, so hide them at the home of the village elder Zhou in Qianshan Village.

Zhang Heping had been relatively generous with Lao Zhou before, and he believed that the other party would not refuse.

Because his purpose was clear, Zhang Heping went into the mountains and hunted a hare and a large wild boar, then stopped hunting.

He carried the wild boar back to Qianshan Village, bargained at the village supply and marketing cooperative with familiarity, and then exchanged the big wild boar for a rifle and 20 rounds of ammunition.

Then, Zhang Heping took the rabbit and went to his house with the village elder Zhou. He disassembled the newly acquired rifle into parts and put them into a sack along with 30 rounds of bullets. Then he rolled the sack and tied it with hemp rope and hid it. In the only wooden cabinet in Lao Zhou's house.

When Zhang Heping returned to the city, Zhao Jianguo, who looked depressed, took the rifle and a dozen rounds of ammunition to the street office first, and then together with Director Qi, handed the two guns to the office.

In the end, Zhang Heping and Zhao Jianguo each received 5 yuan as compensation for handing over the gun.

As for the gun owned by the old Zhou family, Zhang Heping didn't tell Zhao Jianguo before. After he finished playing his true character and didn't know what to do with the 5 yuan, Zhang Heping put his arm around the kid's shoulder and said with a smile:

"I also hid a gun in the village elder Zhou's house!"

"That's awesome!" Zhao Jianguo suddenly became energetic, "When did you hide it? Did you expect today?"

Zhao Jianguo reacted like this because he believed that as long as Zhang Heping had a gun, he could quickly get a gun for him. By then, hiding both guns in Lao Zhou's house would be like changing a hiding place for guns. Anyway, they were there Don't dare to shoot in the city.

Zhang Heping returned home and was about to have dinner before he had time to tell his family about the handing over of the two rifles and that Director Qi of the Houhai Subdistrict Office had someone call the commune in his hometown to ask his grandma to come into the city.

In the afternoon of the next day, grandma Xie Ermei arrived at No. 95 Courtyard carrying a bag of fruits and vegetables and a bag of clothes.

Zhang Heping took Zhao Jianguo to the west of Qianshan Village for a long time. The harvest was too little and he couldn't get a gun for him. He had to deposit the excess prey in the account of the village supply and marketing cooperative until he could collect enough prey next time.

When Zhang Heping returned home with two pheasants, he heard that grandma was here and was sulking in the courtyard No. 6 next door!

The reason... is very complicated and difficult to explain in one sentence!

At dinner time, Zhang Heping was ordered to go to Courtyard 6 and ask the old lady to move to Courtyard 7 for dinner.

Standing at the entrance of Courtyard No. 6, Zhang Heping glanced at the public toilets on the right that were covered with white tiles and the grass filled above the biogas tank at the entrance of the public toilets. He felt that it was much more pleasing to the eye than the previous cesspools.

After entering Courtyard No. 6, you will find that the courtyard here is much wider than that of Courtyard No. 7.

However, Courtyard No. 7 has a large platform on the roof of the concierge, which is more convenient for drying clothes, bedding, and tanning furs.

Zhang Heping specifically told Zhang Cuishan that as long as he kept the title deed, the yard would still be his, and he would not let the tenants set up a firewood stove to avoid burning the yard.

It would seem that the people in the two side rooms and the two back rooms were cooking with barreled briquette stoves outside the door, so they must have taken his words seriously.

I don’t know if it was intentional by the neighborhood office, but these four tenants are all family members of military martyrs.

There are three women in the west wing. The old lady's son died, her widowed daughter-in-law, and her granddaughter who is in high school.

Her granddaughter looks pretty decent, but she doesn't necessarily like Zhang Cuishan. Anyway, I haven't heard her talk to Zhang Cuishan.

In the east wing lived an old man and an old woman with a 7-year-old grandson. It was said that after their son died in construction aid, his wife remarried.

There was an old lady living in each of the two back rooms. She was a deceased relative and also a lonely old woman.

After the sub-district office brought these people over, Zhang Heping's first reaction was that his silly cousin was going to have his blood sucked.

As a result, not long after, Director Qi asked him to take more care of his next door neighbor...

Mud horse!

Only then did he realize that these people were coming for him!

However, fortunately, they all have food supplies. I just need to give them some meat occasionally to brush up their reputation of respecting the elderly and caring for the young.

As for helping the neighbors get coal and mud to make briquettes, it was all done by my silly cousin.

"Xiao Zhang is here!"

"Hey, is Grandma Chen steaming steamed buns?"

"Xiao Zhang, try my steamed buns later."

"No! No! I've been eating steamed buns for half a month. Today I'm going to eat noodles."

"Xiao Zhang, does your grandma have a bad temper? She ignored us when we talked to her."

"Really? I'll ask later."

After dealing with the neighbors in Courtyard No. 6, Zhang Heping walked to the door of the main house and shouted, "Grandma is eating!"

He didn't care about the reaction of his grandma Xie Ermei inside, turned around and left the sweltering No. 6 courtyard and went back to his own courtyard.

In Courtyard No. 7, the rectangular table in the main room has been placed in the small courtyard. Two desktop electric fans are under the left and right windows of the main room, blowing towards the dining table; the windows in the east and west wing are open, and there is a desktop electric fan in each side. The yard outside the window is blowing.

Although the wind they blow is still hot, it no longer feels boring.

As the sun sets, the moist "sea breeze" blowing from the southeast blows directly into the courtyard through the door opening, adding a bit of coolness.

Grandma Xie Ermei was invited here by her father Zhang Bing and mother Ma Xiuzhen, followed by her cousin Zhang Cuishan.

The old lady sat at the upper end of the main room and faced Zhang Heping, who was sitting at the end of the door.

I saw Xie Ermei's head tilted to one side and said in a low voice: "If you want me to eat here, you must call Cuishan over!"

Zhang Heping picked up the lump of noodles, stirred it, and asked calmly: "He is your grandson, not mine, why should I care about his food and drink?"

"You took care of me before!" Grandma Xie Ermei yelled unreasonably.

Zhang Heping was silent. He didn't expect that the old lady who had raised him for more than a year would actually say such a thing.

Under the gaze of everyone in the courtyard, Zhang Heping ate the noodles silently.

"Mom, you've gone too far!" Second sister Zhang Pandi was the first to quit, "You know best why my brother didn't care about Zhang Cuishan this time! I asked you not to change to No. 6 Courtyard, but you insisted on changing! Now you are at a disadvantage. The house There is only one room left, why are you yelling at my brother! If you have the ability, yell at Silly Zhu and the others!"

"Mom, you have to be conscientious!" Mother Ma Xiuzhen slapped Zhang Bing's blocking hand away, frowned at Xie Ermei and said:

"In the more than a year since you came to the city, my son has not lost a bite of food from you, nor has you lost a piece of clothing, shoes or socks. I bought you a watch. You said you wanted to buy a men's watch for Zhang Cuishan, but my son didn't say a word. I bought it for you."

"If you don't want to eat, throw it away and feed it to the dogs!" Zhang Heping stood up after finishing the meal, said a few words, and went out, too lazy to talk.

Zhang Heping didn't have much affection for this old lady, but they all disappeared after she yelled like that just now.

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